Adele Lubbock Briscoe Looscan, the fifth child of Andrew Briscoe and Mary Jane Harris Briscoe, was born on February 5, 1848, in Harrisburg, Texas. When only 20 months old, her father died of yellow fever in New Orleans and the family moved to her grandfather Briscoe's plantation near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi. Her mother returned to Texas in 1852 and Adele grew up in Anderson, Galveston, Harrisburg, and Houston. She graduated valedictorian from Miss Mary B. Brown's Young Ladies' School at Houston in 1866.

In 1885 Adele Looscan began her long career as a club woman when she founded the Ladies' Reading Club and became its first president. Devoted to the study of history and literature, the club was one of the first women's clubs in Texas. In 1891 she helped to organize the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) and served as historian and chairman of the executive committee for nine years. In 1907 during the annual meeting in Austin, the DRT split into two factions over the control of the Alamo. Adina De Zavala, Adele Looscan and the other women on the executive board were successfully sued by the DRT. Looscan continued to oppose the DRT's proposed use of the Alamo and her argument eventually won. She was also a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was a charter member of the Houston Pen Women, the Texas Woman's Press Association, and the Texas State Historical Association. Looscan served as president of the TSHA from 1915-1925.

Looscan expressed her interest in history, genealogy, and travel in her writing. She began to publish articles in the 1880s in newspapers and magazines under the pseudonym "Texan." She contributed three articles to Dudley G. Wooten's A Comprehensive History of Texas (1898) and wrote several articles for the Southwestern Historical Quarterly including "Harris County, 1822-1845" much of which was drawn from original documents in her possession. In 1905 Looscan self-published a tribute to her mother: A Brief Sketch of the Life and Characteristics of Mrs. Mary Jane Briscoe: Showing the Estimation in Which She Was Held By Her Friends and the Public Generally.

In 1881 Adele Briscoe married Major Michael Looscan, a Houston attorney and Confederate veteran. They had no children. After her husband's death in 1897, she moved into her mother's home. After the death of Mary Jane Briscoe in 1903 and of her brothers Parmenas in 1906 and Andrew Birdsall in 1912, Looscan assumed a matriarchal role within her extended family. She assumed financial responsibility for an aunt of her husband's after his death and maintained a correspondence with his niece for 23 years. Looscan continued an active correspondence with her nieces and nephews and cousins well into her later years. She became an invalid in 1929 and died in 1935.

Correspondence, creative and collected works, printed materials, financial documents, photographs, legal documents, scrapbooks and albums, works of art, surveyor's notes and sketches and maps document the life of Adele Lubbock Briscoe Looscan. The photographs are from all the fonds within the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection.

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Open for research by appointment.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Other related papers from the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection include the Mary Jane Harris Briscoe Papers, the Parmenas Briscoe Papers, the Andrew Birdsall Briscoe Papers, the Jessie Wade Briscoe Howe Papers, and the Michael Looscan Papers. All photographs are located in the Adele Briscoe Looscan Papers.

Adele Looscan's papers can also be found at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas, and the Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.

Personal Papers

Correspondence received documents Adele Briscoe Looscan's involvement with the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), her interests in history, writing, and genealogy, and her management of financial and family affairs. The bulk of the correspondence concerns the DRT during its development, through the increasing controversy over the purchase and development of the Alamo property, the events leading to the split of the organization at the Austin meeting in 1907, and the aftermath of lawsuits and defeat. Of particular interest is the correspondence from Adina De Zavala (143), Hally Ballinger Bryan (64), Betty Ballinger (54), Nettie Houston Bringhurst (33), Rebecca Jane Fisher (80), Cornelia Branch Stone (64), Mrs. L. de L. Tuttle (15), and Marie Bennet Urwitz (24). Correspondence with fellow historians Samuel E. Asbury, Dr. Alex Dienst, and George Garrison records her interest in the Texas State Historical Association and in the history of Texas. Letters from participants in Texas historical events, among them Dilue Rose Harris (15), 1903-1909 and T. N. Waul (26) 1889-1902 document her desire to record firsthand accounts related to Texas history. Correspondence with William Gwinn Scarff (1894-1897), Sara Hartman (1894-1895) and A. C. Gray (1905-1906) deals with publication of her writings. Family correspondence documents her extensive genealogical investigations into the Harris and Briscoe families and her changing role in the family as her husband, mother, and brothers die. Letters from members of Michael Looscan's family, Mary and Michael Looscan and Winefred McAran, document Adele Looscan's generosity and sense of duty. Correspondence from family members brims with news while often seeking her advice and financial help. Her distant cousin Ki B. Venchiarutti (1901-1910) appeals to Looscan for help in selling inherited Texas lands especially after the death of Parmenas Briscoe.

Correspondence sent reveals her thoughts in responding to events in her life. Of particular interest are those letters sent to Mark Kelly (1871) and later returned. Letters sent to Mrs. J. J. McKeever and other members of the DRT document Looscan's deep sense of betrayal and hurt after the lawsuit. Third party correspondence is comprised primarily of letters sent to her to read. The envelopes are arranged in chronological order by year.

Correspondence: Received

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W. C. Abney 1915-1920

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I. D. Affleck 1905

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J. R. Alford, M. D. 1888-1890

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J. R. Alford, M. D. 1892-1894

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Mary A. Anderson 1904-1909

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Clement Appleyard 1904, undated

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Dora Fowler Austin 1895-1906, undated

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Samuel E. Asbury 1919-1922

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Samuel E. Asbury 1923

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Samuel E. Asbury 1924

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Samuel E. Asbury 1923-1932, undated

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Millie Gaston Ashe 1891-1892, undated

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Bettie G. Austin undated

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Betty Ballinger 1896-1910

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Betty Ballinger undated

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Betty Ballinger undated

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J. M. Ballinger (Mrs.) 1897

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Eugene C. Barker 1904-1929

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H. Y. Benedict 1920

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Belle Blandini 1896-1897

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Norma T. Bonner 1895-1897

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Millie G. Boyd 1893-1894, undated

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Gamaliel Bradford 1917-1925

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Nettie Houston Bringhurst 1891-1895

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Nettie Houston Bringhurst 1896-1921, undated

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Guy M. Bryan 1890-1896, undated

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Guy M. Bryan, Jr. 1897, undated

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Hally Ballinger Bryan 1893-1896

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Hally Ballinger Bryan 1897

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Hally Ballinger Bryan 1900-1925

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Hally Ballinger Bryan undated

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J. W. Campbell 1897-1908, undated

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J. M. Carlisle 1896-1897

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Paul B. Cassidy 1904-1905

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Louise N. Cleveland 1896

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O. B. Colquitt 1911-1912

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Crescent News and Hotel Company 1904

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Annie Cooke 1906-1907

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Nellie Stedman Cox 1906-1908, undated

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Kate S. Curry 1920-1925

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Katie Daffan 1906-1926

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Ella Dancy Hall 1894-1895

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Josephine F. Daniels 1892-1904

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Josephine F. Daniels 1906-1930

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Katherine M. Darden (Mrs. L. H.) 1906-1930

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Stephen H. Darden 1894-1896

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James T. Davis 1919-1924, undated

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Mollie Moore Davis 1897, undated

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Delaware Punch Company 1928-1930

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Adina De Zavala 1893-1897

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Adina De Zavala 1902-1904

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Adina De Zavala 1905

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Adina De Zavala 1906

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Adina De Zavala 1907

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Adina De Zavala 1908-1909

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Adina De Zavala 1911-1931

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Adina De Zavala undated

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Adina De Zavala undated

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Adina De Zavala (fragments) undated

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Mary De Zavala 1904-1930, undated

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Louise O. Dickson 1895-1899

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Dr. Alex Dienst 1915-1922

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Dr. Alex Dienst 1923-1924

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Dr. Alex Dienst 1925-1931, undated

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J. Frank Dobie 1926-1928

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George P. Donehoo 1915

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H. C. Duffy 1897-1902

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William H. Egle 1892, undated

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Anna Ehinger 1892-1896

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Belle Fenn 1895-1897

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R. M. Fenn 1893-1895

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Tom Finty, Jr. 1911-1920

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Rebecca Jane Fisher 1892-1893

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Rebecca Jane Fisher 1894

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Rebecca Jane Fisher 1895

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Rebecca Jane Fisher 1896

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Rebecca Jane Fisher 1897, undated

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Fannie Fox (Mrs. A. S.) 1895

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Carrie Fraser 1921-1930

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W. J. Frederick 1896-1897

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James H. French (Mrs.) 1891-1892

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Z. T. Fullmore 1909

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George P. Garrison 1897-1902

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George P. Garrison 1903-1910

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M. E. Gibson 1897

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A. C. Gray 1894-1907

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R. Greenhill 1896

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Joseph W. Hale 1929-1933

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Lewis Hancock 1896

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William D. Hardeman 1892-1894

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D. N. Harris 1906

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Dilue Rose Harris 1903-1909, undated

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J. T. Harris 1898

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T. G. Harris 1896

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Mattie B. Harrison 1894-1895, undated

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Sara Hartman 1894-1895

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Mattie Austin Hatcher 1928

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Margaret Roberts Hodges 1911-1912, undated

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James S. Hogg 1894-1897

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Sallie Hogg 1893

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A. J. Houston 1896-1931

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Jennie Martha Hunter 1895-1898, undated

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Julia Ideson 1905-1927

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Jeffords Schoenman Produce and Brokerage Co. 1915

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Cone Johnson (Mrs.) 1904-1907

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Janie Moore Johnson 1898

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Mary Jones 1892-1897

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W. Goodrich Jones 1927-1928

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May L. Kehoe 1925-1927

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Mark J. Kelly 1871-1872

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Carrie Franklin Kemp 1893-1895, undated

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Margery Lamar Kendall undated

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M. C. Kimball 1892, undated

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Nettie J. Kuykendall 1894-1896

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F. R. Lubbock 1894-1905

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Clarence Martin 1904-1905

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Tom P. Martin 1927

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H. A. McArdle 1894

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H. A. McArdle 1895-1896

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E. P. McIlhenny 1896, undated

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May F. McKeever (Mrs. J. J.) 1894-1909, undated

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Lena White McKenzie (Mrs. E. W.) 1904-1905

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P. E. McMahon 1901-1907, undated

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Sister Mary Barromes 1901-1902

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Sister Mary Stanislaus Campbell 1889-1897

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Lucy B. Mills 1900-1908

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Emily Perry Moore 1895-1899

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Jno. M. Moore 1904

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M. J. Munger (Mrs. S. S.) 1892-1895

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Pat Neff 1922-1925

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Elisabet Ney 1894, undated

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Emma B. Nixon 1909, undated

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Lucie Norton 1921

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Adele Monssier O'Keefe 1931

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J. E. Pearce 1920-1923

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Anna J. H. Pennybacker 1895-1909

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Emily M. Perry 1894, undated

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Robert S. Perry 1899

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C. W. Raines 1895-1905

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John H. Reagan 1893-1902

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C. D. Redding 1894-1911

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Terese Bryan Robbins 1907

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Eva H. Robertson 1915-1926

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James Jeffrey Roche 1897-1898

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Mary Saunders 1894-1899

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Mary Saunders 1900-1909

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Mary Saunders undated

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Mary Saunders undated

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Mary Saunders undated

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William Gwinn Scarff 1894-1895

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William Gwinn Scarff 1896-1897

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R. E. Siegmund 1898

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Carrie H. Simmons 1903-1904

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W. W. Simpson 1904-1907

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Julie Lee Sinks 1894-1904

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N. H. Skinner 1895-1897

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F. H. Snider 1882-1891

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Mary E. Springfield 1926-1930

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Cornelia Branch Stone 1893-1894

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Cornelia Branch Stone 1895

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Cornelia Branch Stone 1896

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Cornelia Branch Stone 1897-1905, undated

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Martha A. Taber 1911, undated

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Kate S. Terrell 1893-1907

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Mary Y. Terrell 1899-1904

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John G. Tod 1901-1907

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Adella Turner (Mrs. E. P.) 1903-1904

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L. de L. Tuttle (Mrs.) 1906-1916

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George W. Tyler 1902-1927

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Kate Underwood 1894, undated

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United States Government: Treasury Department and War Department 1911-1923

Banking records, receipts and statements of account, bills of lading, stumpage reports, and promissory notes reveal Adele Briscoe Looscan as a woman taking charge of her financial affairs after the death of her husband. Rental property records document a strong businesswoman and landlord. The Harrisburg Lumber Company accounts and stumpage reports record her use of inherited land to produce income and document the amount of lumber harvested from the land 1911-1931. Receipts concerned with the care of Winefred McAran reveal Looscan's generosity and sense of duty. Of interest are receipts from William L. Foley 1880-1881 for her trousseau purchased prior to her marriage in September 1881.

First National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas: Account Book 1903-1906

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First National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas: Account Book 1903-1904

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First National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas: Checks 1879-1920

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First National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas: Statements 1923-1925, undated

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First National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas: General 1909-1931, undated

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T. W. House, Houston, Texas: Account Book 1897-1901

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T. W. House, Houston, Texas: Account Books 1898-1904

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T. W. House, Houston, Texas: Statement 1898-1903

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Memoranda 1923, undated

Financial: Receipts / Statements of Account

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Receipt Books 1898-1904

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Receipt Books 1908-1909

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Receipt Books 1909-1911

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Court Costs 1899-1900

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William L. Foley 1880-1881, 1903

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Insurance 1930-1934

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Levy Brothers Dry Goods 1932-1934

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Winefred McAran 1902-1910, undated

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Postal 1894-1910

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Organizations 1892-1928, undated

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Tax: City of Houston 1898-1909

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Tax: Harris County 1898-1906

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Tax: Other Counties 1901-1908

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Tax: Memoranda undated: circa 1924

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Utilities 1900-1931

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General 1873-1932, undated

Financial: General

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Bills of Lading 1898-1921

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Harrisburg Lumber Company: Accounts 1911-1921, undated

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Harrisburg Lumber Company: Stumpage Reports 1919-1921

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Promissory Notes 1914, 1929

Financial: Rental Property

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Statements of Account: J. R. Alford, M.D. 1892-1894

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Statements of Account: Houston Land and Trust Company 1910-1911

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Statements of Account: Houston Land and Trust Company 1912-1913

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Statements of Account: E. N. Mills 1924-1925

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Statements of Account: Lilienthal Brothers 1914

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Statements of Account / Receipts: Contractors 1909-1932

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Memoranda 1914-1915

Legal 1846-1931 (Bulk: 1897-1921) Quantity: (.2 linear ft.)

Contracts, agreements, leases, estate papers, a lawsuit, and lists and notes and memoranda briefly document Adele Looscan's legal dealings. The bulk of the series records transactions either selling or leasing land. The single lawsuit concerns the misuse of property by a leasee, Charles Poulson. Of particular interest are the records of the Estate of Carrie Phelps, her mother's servant. Looscan assumed the financial and legal care of Phelps during her later years. Correspondence between Phelps and her sister Kate Thompson are included in the estate papers. Letters from Thompson to Looscan after the death of Phelps are included in the correspondence received series.

Announcements and invitations, circulars, business, membership and calling cards, certificates, educational materials, ephemera, blank forms and stationery, funeral memorials, programs, government documents, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets illuminate Adele Briscoe Looscan's interests in history, family and friends, genealogy, civic affairs, church, and participation in various organizations throughout her life. The birth announcement of distant cousin Dolph Briscoe II records the birth of a future govornor of Texas. Theater programs and broadsides from the tours of Edwin Boothe and Lawrence Barrett and John McCullough reveal Looscan's interest in the theater. Of interest are 2 documents, a General Order No. 22 issued by Major General J. B. Magruder in 1862 and a Quarantine Passport allowing the bearer to travel on trains in Texas in 1885. Programmes of Exercises, Annual Reports, and Programmes of Study from the Ladies' Reading Club 1885-1922 demonstrate the importance of the organization to Looscan. The clippings series contains newspaper clippings concerning Texas history, Houston, and general interest removed from scrapbooks. Of interest is "A Visit to Texas in 1831" [incomplete] published circa 1923, a first hand observation of the geography, flora and fauna of Texas and of her early settlers. 1400 unprocessed clippings, many of which may be multiple copies, fill 3 solander boxes with articles related to the James S. Hogg campaign of 1892, obituaries, Texas history, Michael Looscan, and the Alamo 1903-1915. 86 pamphlets reveal Adele Looscan's interests in Texas History, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Federation of Women's Clubs (Houston), the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Texas Woman's Press Association, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Texas State Historical Association. Of interest is Ashbel Smith's self-published defense of his brother's reputation in 1880. Some of Looscan's published writings are also included in the pamphlets series.

Printed Materials

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Birth Announcements 1919-1923

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Bulletins: Church and School 1894-1932

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Business and Membership Cards 1906-1931, undated

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Calling Cards undated

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Certificates [acknowledging donation of A Brief Sketch of the Life and Characteristics of Mary Jane Briscoe] 1906-1930

Bella French Swisher The American Sketch Book. An Historical and Home Journal Vol. VII, No. 2 1881

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Texas Bar Association Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Session of the Texas Bar Association and Rules for the Courts of Texas Report of the Committee on Deceased Members, pg. 34, Michael Looscan 1898

Manuscripts, works written in Spanish, speeches, subject files, genealogy research, notes and memoranda, and the Mary Saunders Project document Adele Briscoe Looscan's writings, research, and a proposed publication. Drafts to published manuscripts are included in the manuscript series. Many were written for the Ladies' Reading Club or are the result of her historical research. The Spanish manuscripts reveal a woman serious about learning and increasing her fluency in the Spanish language. Looscan wrote four of the 7 speeches. "Senior's Address" (1864) and "Valedictory" (1866) reveal the thoughts of a young, well-educated woman embarking on life. The subject files contain research done or collected by Looscan and often support completed manuscripts. Often information in the subject files became available to her through correspondence with the people involved in the events. Notes, copied articles and letters primarily comprise the genealogical research series. Located at the end of the series are her applications to various patriotic societies. Lists and inventories compiled by Looscan are in the notes and memoranda series. Of particular interest are members of the Sons of the Republic of Texas in April 1893, names of people she sent her mother's memorial volume in December 1905, inventories of books, and lists of documents sent to Eugene Barker at the University of Texas.

Mary Saunders, a close personal friend of Adele Looscan's and operator of Walnut Grove Ranch guesthouse near Boerne, Texas, began writing poetry early in her life. First published at 18 by a San Antonio newspaper, she continued to write her entire life. Often, her letters to Looscan are infused with poems composed while performing her daily chores. The Mary Saunders Project records Looscan's attempt to compile and publish a book of Saunders' poetry.

Creative Works: Manuscripts

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"Acrostic on San Jacinto" undated

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"Artistic Gardening" 1897

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"Battle of Sabine Pass" undated

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"Capture of the Morning Light" undated

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"The Charmed Life of an Indian Chief" undated

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"Christ Church Parish" undated

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"Daughters of the Republic of Texas" 1898

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"Early Houston Society and It's Relation to Libraries" undated

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"An Episode in the Life of Sam Houston" 1921

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"Evolution of the Texas Flag" undated

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"A Few Words About the Family Who Interested the French Emigré and Readers of His Journal" undated

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"The First Newspaper One Hundred Years Ago in Austin's Colony" undated

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"Fredericksburg in the Late Autumn of 1925, the Late Summer of 1925" 1925

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"Gifted Writers I Have Known" 1923

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"Good Wishes" undated

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"Harrisburg and the First French Colonists in Texas" undated

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"The Heroic Age of Texas History" 1920

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"Historic Shrines" 1923 February

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"History of Mexico 1530-1734" undated

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"A History of the Purchase of the Alamo Mission by the State of Texas" undated

Transcripts of historical documents, both handwritten and typed, a journal found in the attic of her grandmother Harris' house, poetry, and prose record Adele Briscoe Looscan's historical interests and the works of others important to her. Family letters and documents, copies of newspaper articles, a reminiscence copied from a diary returned to its owner, and a translation of the Diario Militario del General José Urrea comprise the transcripts kept by Looscan. The Journal of a French Emigré records the impressions of a young immigrant to Texas. Looscan wrote several articles based on the journal. Collected poetry and prose reveal Looscan's literary and philosophical tastes.

All photographs from the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection are arranged within the Adele Briscoe Looscan Papers. The photographs are arranged in four subseries: people, places, objects, and photonegatives. Of particular interest is a daguerreotype of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe and her brother Lewis Birdsall Harris possibly prior to his departure for California in 1849. Interior shots of Michael Looscan's office in the mid-1890s reveal a relatively sparse workspace lined with law books. Photographs of family homes document the comfortable life led by Adele Looscan and her family. Photographs of graveyards, memorials, and markers document much of the genealogical and historical research done by Looscan. 13 stereoscopic views of the San Antonio Missions record their physical condition circa 1890-1910. A view of a doorway with objects placed in front of it may very likely be some of the relics collected by Adele for the Daughters of the Republic, both the San Jacinto Chapter and the state organization.

A souvenir photo album of St. Louis, Missouri, (1881) and an empty "Floral" cabinet and carte d'visite card photograph album demonstrate two uses for photographs in the late 19th century. Two scrapbooks compiled by Adele Briscoe Looscan contain primarily newspaper clippings, but also notes and photographs. The loose clippings from Accession No. 3647 were reformatted and foldered.

A field note, 3 hand-drawn maps, a plot plan of the rear premises of her Commerce Steet Property (1910), and 2 blueprint copies of maps of the John Jones Survey, Harris County, Texas, (1917) briefly record Looscan's land and business interests.

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General 1910-1917, undated

Works of Art undated Quantity: 4 items

A drawing and two etchings of family members, and a watercolor comprise the works of art series.

Correspondence, minutes, legal documents, printed materials, creative works, and notes and memoranda document the first decade of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the power struggle which split the organization into two factions over the control of the Alamo, the resulting lawsuits and court judgements, and the final disposition of Alamo property. The series are arranged by subject and chronologically. The handwritten minutes taken at the 1907 Austin annual meeting record the proceedings of the meeting that split the DRT. Correspondence received by Adele Looscan's niece, Mary Briscoe, Secretary General, from Looscan and Adina De Zavala reveal their thoughts and strategies in dealing with the lawsuit and their attempts to continue running the organization. Documents concerned with "Daughters of the Republic of Texas vs. Miss Adina de Zavala, et. al.," include the complete transcript of the court testimony, the court decision, and the appeals. A manuscript written about Lorenzo de Zavala defends Adina De Zavala from slander concerning her "Mexican" heritage.

Mrs. Anson Jones, President General

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Correspondence 1892-1900, undated

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Executive Committee 1897-1899, undated

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"Inception, Organization and Work of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas" 1904

"Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District of Texas at Galveston / Miss Adina De Zavala, et al., Plaintiffs in Error versus The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Defendant in Error / Writ of Error from the District Court of Harris County" circa 1908

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"In the Court of Civil appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District of Texas at Galveston / Miss Adina De Zavala, et al., Plaintiffs in Error versus The Daughters of the Republic of Texas Defendant in Error. / Writ of Error from the District Court of Harris County. / Brief for Defendant in Error" circa 1908

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Artifact Documents 1853-1910

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Printed Materials 1907-1911, undated

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Notes and Memoranda by Adele Briscoe Looscan 1907, undated

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Notes and Memoranda written on envelopes undated

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Lorenzo de Zavala - written in defense of the ancestry of Adina De Zavala undated